Chapter 49 – Mutant Creatures 变种生物

As soon as Lin Wanqing learned about the parts issue, she immediately went to find Lin Yuan and blocked him at the door of his laboratory.

"Lin Yuan, I know about the parts problem," Lin Wanqing leaned against the doorframe, her tone calm, but her eyes showed an undeniable seriousness. "I can help."

Lin Yuan was taken aback for a moment. "How did you find out?"

"Don't ask so many questions," Lin Wanqing's lips curved slightly. "I'm a member of the Genius Research Institute Department. How could I not know about such a thing? Coincidentally, my authority allows me to find out the source of the parts and the installation records at that time." She paused, a bit of playfulness in her tone. "If necessary, I can use my charm."

Lin Yuan was speechless for a moment. He stared at his sister for several seconds. "Wanqing, this isn't very professional of you."

"Don't worry. I know where to draw the line," Lin Wanqing smiled. Then her tone turned serious. "However, this matter is already related to a spy from the insect race. We need to act quickly. Otherwise, if we delay any longer, something really bad might happen."

Lin Yuan was silent for a while and then nodded. "Okay, so what have you found out?"

Over the next few hours, Lin Wanqing used her authority to access the optical brain network of the security system. In the optical brain records, she carefully checked the parts supply chain details and finally found a surveillance video of the parts installation.

In the video, an uncle wearing sunglasses appeared on the screen. He was dressed in an ordinary logistics uniform and seemed to be greeting others while installing the parts. There seemed to be nothing unusual about him. But Lin Wanqing found that there was no matching record of his identity badge in the optical brain system!

"I've found this guy," Lin Wanqing pointed at the screen, her eyes narrowing. "He's not an official member of the Logistics Department. According to the records, this person is in disguise!"

Lin Yuan stared at the screen, frowning. "How did someone with a wrong identity badge get into the Logistics Department?"

"It means there must be someone behind him," Lin Wanqing's tone turned cold. "I'll keep checking his movement tracks to see where he finally went."

Through the regional records of the optical brain, Lin Wanqing found the last place where the uncle with sunglasses left. He took an unmanned aerial vehicle car and returned to an old residential area in the south of the city.

Lin Wanqing turned to look at Lin Yuan. "We have to go and take a look."

Lin Yuan hesitated. "Wait. This is too dangerous. We should tell Li Xingchen and figure out what to do next."

"Let's go and pick her up first and tell her on the way. If we wait for you two to discuss the next step, it'll be too late," Lin Wanqing said with certainty. "Let's go to the south of the city together first. At least we can check out the situation and then decide on the next move."

Lin Yuan let out a helpless sigh. "Okay, be careful then."

After the two briefly informed Li Xingchen about this matter, the three of them went to the old residential area in the south of the city together.

When they were close to the target location, they could smell a pungent smell of smoke in the air. The next second, a huge "Boom!!" shattered the silence and the house exploded!

The three of them immediately took cover behind a shelter. Lin Yuan couldn't help but curse in a low voice. "Damn it, this is too much of a coincidence!"

Among the debris of the exploded house, several figures could be vaguely seen engaged in a battle. The growls of the insect race mixed with the roar of weapons. Apparently, the insect race was in a fierce confrontation with some humans.

Li Xingchen squatted behind the shelter, her expression grave. "It seems we've come at just the right time. The people in this house aren't ordinary. They can fight the insect race...

Lin Yuan also vaguely sensed something was wrong. "These people can't just be ordinary humans. Their relationship with the insect race is more complicated than we thought."

Li Xingchen glanced at Lin Wanqing. "Wanqing, can you contact the backup? We can't act rashly."

Lin Wanqing quickly operated the communicator on her wrist. "I'll try," but the next second, her expression changed slightly. "The communication is blocked. This area is being interfered with!"

Li Xingchen said coldly, "As expected, they came prepared."

Lin Yuan frowned and tentatively used his spiritual power to sense the situation on the battlefield. Among the battling humans, he faintly sensed a powerful aura, fiercer than an ordinary soldier's. It made his heart jolt.

"There's more than just a spy of the insect race among these people..." Lin Yuan said in a low voice.

A glint flashed in Li Xingchen's eyes. "Don't be hasty. Observe first and see if we can find a breakthrough from this battle. We can't have come here for nothing."

As the battle became more and more intense, a huge figure crawled out of the debris. It was a mutant creature of the insect race, covered all over with black scales, its claws as sharp as knives, and the surrounding air trembled slightly under its huge body.

Lin Yuan's eyes sharpened. "Goodness... This insect creature is as big as a mecha!"

Li Xingchen chuckled softly. "Don't be hasty. It's just starting."

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林晚晴得知零件问题后,第一时间找到林远,在他的实验室门口堵住了他.

"林远,零件的事情我知道了." 林晚晴靠在门框上,语气平静,但双眼却透着难以掩饰的认真,"我可以帮忙."

林远愣了一下: "你怎么知道的?"

"别问那么多." 林晚晴嘴角微微扬起,"我可是天才研究所部门的一员,这点小事我还能不知道?正好,我的权限可以查到零件来源和当时的安装记录." 她顿了顿,语气中多了一丝戏谑,"再不行的话,我也可以稍微 '借用' 一下我的美色嘛."

林远一时无语,盯着自己的妹妹看了好几秒: "晚晴,你这样可不是很职业啊."

"放心,我知道分寸." 林晚晴笑了笑,随后语气一沉, "不过,这件事已经牵涉到虫族内奸,我们得尽快行动.不然再拖下去,可能会出大事."

林远沉默了一下,点了点头:"好,那你查到了什么?"

接下来的几个小时,林晚晴通过自己的权限,进入了安保系统的光脑网络.在光脑记录中,她仔细地翻阅着零件供应链的细节,最终锁定了一段安装零件的监控录像.

录像中,一个戴着墨镜的大叔出现在画面中.他穿着普通的后勤服,似乎在安装零件时与其他人打着招呼,看上去毫无异常.但林晚晴却发现,他的身份牌在光脑系统里竟然没有匹配记录!

"找到这个人了." 林晚晴指着屏幕,眼神一凝,"他可不是后勤部的正式成员.按记录来看,这人是伪装的!"

林远盯着屏幕,皱起眉头: "一个身份牌都对不上的人,怎么能混进后勤部?"

"说明他背后肯定有人." 林晚晴语气冷了下来,"我继续查他的活动轨迹,看他最后去了哪里."

通过光脑的区域记录,林晚晴找到了墨镜大叔最后离开的地点.他乘坐了一辆无人机载车,返回了城南的一处老旧居民区.

林晚晴转头看向林远:"我们得过去看看."

林远犹豫了一下:"等等,这种事太危险了,我们得告诉黎星辰,讨论下一步应该如何做."

"我们先过去接她,在路上说.等你们讨论下一步,黄花菜都凉了." 林晚晴一脸笃定,"我们一起先过去城南,至少看看情况,再决定下一步行动."

林远无奈叹了口气:"好吧,到时你小心点."

两人将这件事简单通知了黎星辰后,三人便一同前往城南的老旧居民区.

当他们接近目标地点时,便闻到空气中一股刺鼻的烟味.下一秒,"轰!!" 的一声巨响划破了寂静,目标房屋竟然炸了!

三人立即躲到掩体后面,林远忍不住低声咒骂: "该死的,这也太巧了!"

房屋爆炸的残骸中,隐约能看到几道身影正在交战.虫族的低吼声混杂着武器的轰鸣,显然是虫族与某些人类在激烈对抗.

黎星辰半蹲在掩体后面,面色凝重:"看来我们来得正是时候.这房子里的人显然不是普通人,他们有对抗虫族的能力..."

林远也隐约察觉到了不对:"这些人不可能只是普通人类.他们跟虫族的关系,比我们想象中更复杂."

黎星辰看了林晚晴一眼:"晚晴,你能联系到支援吗?我们不能贸然行动."

林晚晴飞快操作手腕上的通讯器:"我试试," 但下一秒,她面色微变,"通讯被屏蔽了,这片区域被干扰了!"

黎星辰冷冷地说道:"果然是有备而来."

林远皱起眉,试探性地用精神力感知战场的状况.在交战的人类中,他隐约感知到一股强大的气息,甚至比普通军人更为凌厉.这让他心中一震.

"这些人里不只是有虫族的内奸..." 林远低声道.

黎星辰眼中闪过一抹光:"别急,先观察,看看能不能从这些交战中找到突破口.我们不可能白来这一趟."

随着战斗愈发激烈,一道巨大的身影从残骸中爬了出来.那是虫族的一种变种生物,浑身覆盖着黑色鳞甲,爪子锋利如刀,周围的空气都被它的体型压得微微颤抖.

林远目光一凝:"好家伙...这虫族的体型,跟机甲都有得比了!"

黎星辰却轻笑了一声:"别急,好戏才刚开始."